Woven fabric with interwoven design



March 25, 1969 G. NEYRET 3,434,510

WOVEN FABRIC WITH INTERWOVEN DESIGN Filed Feb. 9, 1967 Ill/III l/l/ I/// ///I l i s 3,434,510 WOVEN FABRIC WITH INTERWOVEN DESIGN Georges Neyert, 16 Rue du Jeu del lArc, Saint-Etienne, France Filed Feb. 9, 1967, Ser. No. 614,936 Claims priority, application France, Sept. 9, 1966, 9,539; Nov. 24, 1966, 9,590 Int. Cl. D03d 11/00 US. Cl. 139-408 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the invention This invention is particularly applicable to the production of woven fabrics such as taffeta, serge or satin with interwoven designs of a textual, symbolic or decorative nature. Such fabrics may be used for labelling or for other purposes depending upon the nature of the design applied thereto, or the design may be employed for decoration of the fabric.

Description of the prior art In a proposed process for the weaving of labels, a background or foundation of taffeta, serge, satin or any other ground weave is employed. Pattern or figure threads or yarns by which the designs or texts on the labels are formed, are bound into such ground weave by means of the ground weave warp yarns. The labels woven by this known process, however, show the binding points, since the binding threads or yarns are of the same nature and color as the other threads or yarns of the warp. It is clear that the more visible the binding points, the less clear will be text or design and the latter will repeatedly exhibit glossy points which are detrimental to its homogeneity.

This latter disadvantage may be remedied by utilizing binding yarns of the same color as the pattern yarns. However it is then necessary to provide a special warp, and the weaving is consequently complex and costly. The special warp floats on the reverse side of the label and the risks of becoming caught up and damaged are thereby increased.

Also if the text or design is woven transversely of the background warp, the number of binding points may be diminished, but the latter are nevertheless indispensable in order that the texts or designs thereon may be clear and non-deformable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention is particularly applicable to the provision of a woven fabric with interwoven design of a textual symbolic or decorative nature particularly suitable for labelling or decorative purposes. The invention is an improvement over the prior art particularly in the provision in the same warp of foundation warp yarns and warp yarns of a transparent or translucent nature used to bind transversely extending pattern yarns into the fabric to form the text or design thereon.

Accordingly it is an object of the present invention to provide a woven fabric with interwoven design comprising in combination foundation warp yarns, transverse weft nited States Patent O yarns and transverse pattern yarns forming the design wherein the improvement comprises binding said pattern yarns into the fabric by means of selected foundation warp yarns which have a nature and composition such as to be substantially invisible at the binding points.

Such binding yarns reflect the colors of the pattern yarns which they bind. Thus the binding points are invisible, and the quality of the text or design on the label or the like is substantially improved.

A feature of the invention is the fact that the binding yarns combined with the warp yarns may be of different natures, provided the binding yarns have similar transparent or translucent characteristics. To this end it is possible to utilize for the binding yarns, for example, yarns comprising a single natural-colored strand, which yarns although translucent are very much thinner and more transparent than multiply natural color strands, or transparent threads of a cellulose material such as cut cellophane or any other transparent threads.

A further feature of the present invention is to provide a woven fabric in which in order to diminish the cost price of the woven fabric, instead of utilizing special Warp for binding the pattern yarns, the transparent yarns are incorporated in the warp of the fabric, in pre-determined proportions dependent on the quality of the the foundation fabric and on the ground weave utilized that is whether taffeta, serge or satin. For example, it would be possible to have the warp of a taffeta, serge or satin foundation or background, consisting of two ordinary warp yarns which are opaque and tinted or have the coloring of the foundation and a transparent binding yarn, or three ordinary warp threads or yarns and a transparent binding thread or yarn. However it is to be understood that these proportions are given by way of example only and it would of course be possible to provide any other proportion or combination of yarns.

A further object of the invention is to provide a woven fabric in which in view of the more reduced proportion of transparent binding yarns relative to the foundation dyed or colored opaque warp yarns, and in consequence of the transparency of the binding yarns, the result achieved Will be that the binding yarns, which simultaneously weave the background of foundation, are incorporated in the background or foundation and reflect the color thereof.

It will thus be understood that the opaque, dyed or natural-color warp yarns and the transparent or translucent binding yarns incorporated among the warp yarns weave the foundation, in a conventional manner, and that the binding yarns, serving simultaneously for weaving the foundation and for binding the pattern yarns, reflect the color of the latter. Thus in practice these binding yarns are invisible and the texts and patterns obtained are ex tremely homogeneous and exceedingly clear.

Thus in this way it becomes possible to obtain woven labels or other design bearing fabric, of improved quality which give the impression that the entire warp is produced using identical yarns and, furthermore, that the binding yarns have the same color as the pattern yarns. It may be added that the thinner the binding yarn, the less it will be visible in the weaving warp and the more difficult it will be to observe on the label whether the binding yarn has the color reflected by transparency or whether it is natural-colored.

Woven fabric of the present invention incorporates in combination, in the same weaving warp, threads or yarns utilized for the binding of pattern threads. The binding warp yarns are of a nature such that they allow the color or colors of the pattern yarns to show through at the binding points, after weaving. It should be understood that the colors show through as a result of the utilization of transparent binding yarns and/or of translucent binding yarns, whatever the nature of the binding yarns and their degree of transparency and translucency.

In fact, depending on the quality of translucency 01' transparency of the binding yarns and the fineness thereof the binding points will be no longer apparent as is the case with conventional binding points the conspicuousness of which is so detrimental to the homogeneity and the appearance of the woven product.

Also the yarns serving for the binding of the pattern yarns, may be single-strand or multi-strand (multi-ply) fibre yarns or other multi-strand man-made artificial or synthetic yarns of known type which are transparent or translucent.

The woven fabric of the invention results in a considerable simplification of manufacture, since use is made of a single warp incorporating the transparent or translucent yarns serving for the binding of the pattern yarns, in a single-strand or multi-strand arrangement, and since the binding points are no longer apparent in the patterns or woven designs of the material.

The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this specification. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and specific objects attained by its use, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING VIEWS In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view showing diagrammatically, on enlarged scale, a piece of a conventional woven fabric suitable for labels, illustrating the interlacing of the yarns of a foundation yarn warp and a special warp consisting of binding yarns, and

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view similar to FIGURE 1 but illustrating a piece of woven fabric of the invention showing the interlacing of yarns of a single warp in which are incorporated transparent or translucent yarns serving for the binding of pattern yarns.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring now to the accompanying drawings, FIG- URE 1 shows diagrammatically to an enlarged scale the interlacing of yarns in a material woven in a conventional manner. In FIGURE 1 the conventionally woven material incorporates foundation weft yarns a, pattern weft yarns b, foundation warp yarns c, and opaque binding yarns d which cannot be incorporated in the foundation warp and which consequently belong to a second warp, thus substantially complicating manufacture. At d there are clearly shown the binding point of the yarns d on the pattern weft yarns b, i.e. where yarns d pass over yarns b. It is these points which appear after weaving and destroy the unitary appearance of the woven designs or motifs on the material.

FIGURE 2 shows diagrammatically to an enlarged scale, a piece of woven fabric of the invention, illustrating the interlacing of the yarns therein. The woven fabric of the invention incorporates foundation weft yarns 1, pattern weft yarns 2, foundation warp yarns 3, and transparent and/or translucent foundation warp yarns 4 serving for binding the pattern yarns. At 4a are shown the binding points of the yarns 4 on the pattern weft yarns 2. These binding points are not visible in the woven fabric, since the yarns 4 allow the colors of the pattern yarns to show through. At 5 are shown the binding points of the foundation weft yarns 1 with the foundation warp yarns 3 and 4. At 6 is indicated a portion of the pattern weft yarns 2 extending between binding points 4a for forming the design or motif.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A woven design fabric with interwoven design comprising opaque foundation warp yarns, translucent binding warp yarns, transverse weft yarns and transverse pat tern yarns forming a design, an improvement wherein said binding warp yarns and foundation warp yarns interlace with said weft yarns to produce a foundation fabric with said binding warp yarns and said foundation warp yarns being substantially uniformly disposed on both faces of said foundation fabric, said binding yarns further being controlled to overlap said transverse pattern yarns at binding points to bind the transverse pattern yarns into the foundation fabric in such a manner as to allow the pattern yarns therebeneath to be visible therethrough.

2. A fabric as claimed in claim 1, wherein said binding yarns are single-strand yarns.

3. A fabric as claimed in claim 1, wherein said binding warp yarns are transparent.

4. A fabric as claimed in claim 1, wherein said binding warp yarns comprises multi-strand yarns.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 605,783 6/1898 Heald 139-413 702,323 6/ 1902 McGorman 139-413 1,983,617 12/1934 Ladon 161-409 FOREIGN PATENTS 552,371 12/1956 Italy.

HENRY S. JAUDON, Primary Examiner.

US. Cl. X.R. 139-413 

